Whirligig



Dec, 9, 1930. p 5 COLES I 1,784,179

WHIRLIGIG Filed Jan. 29, 1930 INVENTOR Peyfivmi C'olea ATTORNEYSPatented Dec. 9, 1930 PEYTON S. CODES, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA WHIRLIGIGApplication filed January 29, 1930. Serial No. 424,852.

This invention relates to whirligigs or bandelores and aims to providean improved wheel or rotating member so shaped and designed as torequire a great deal of skill to operate successfully.

Other aims and advantages of the invention will appear in thespecification, when considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a Whirligig embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the device shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the drawing, the rotating member is thereshown as being in the form of similar, elongated, substantially flatbars 10 connected at their centers by a suitable shaft such as the bolt11. In this example, a small washer 12 on the bolt is interposed betweenthe bars to hold them spaced so that the usual twisted cord 13 having afinger loop 14 may be wound on the washer between the bars.

The inner or adjacent sideand end edges of the bars are shown as beingrounded or beveled so as to guide the cord 13 to wind on the shaft orwasher in somewhat the same manner as the flared groove of an ordinary,disk-shaped wheel. However, the operator has to exercise considerableskill and agility to keep the cord in a plane approximately at rightangles to the center of the shaft or in the plane of rotation so as toprevent it from getting in the path of one of the arms of the bars.

\Vhen the bars or arms are at right angles as shown, a beginner can soonlearn to make the wheel wind and unwind upon the cord by properly timingor co-ordinatina' his hand movements with the up and down movements verydifiicult to keep the wheel in motionbecause of thetendency to wobble.

It will be understood that the string or cord 13 must first be wound onthe shaft and that the operator will place the loop on one finger. Thenthe wheel is dropped or thrown so that it unwinds itself and acquiressufficient momentum to re-wind the cord in the opposite direction. WVhenthe wheel is rotated quite fast by an adapt operator it simulates aboomerang. To enhance its appearance, the arms may be painted differentcolors.

Obviously, the present invention is not restricted to the particularembodiment thereof herein shown and described.

What is claimed is:

A Whirligig comprising, in combination, a pair of elongated, fiat barshaving control openings; a bolt passing through the openings: awasher onthe bolt between the bars providing a winding shaft; a nut on the boltadapted to grip the bars against the washer; and a cord adapted to bewound on the shaft, said bars having their inside edges beveled to guidethe cord between them.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature.

PEYTON s. 'COLES.

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